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@Longnima

Жыл бұрын

There's a butcher in demon soul's too, the meat cleaver black phantom and it's in a swamp a lot like Mildred.

@sirephlyrrian6242

Жыл бұрын

Daadi is getting buff?

@notimportant768

Жыл бұрын

Id like to know more about these magic the gathering connections to darksouls

@awkwardllama0509

Жыл бұрын

speaking of MTG cards that you may like, theres a Red White elephant historian that you may like. their playstyle involves calling upon spirits of heroes and ancient enchantments to fight with

@liamrobertson9508

Жыл бұрын

Technically you can also kill birds in Bloodborne as well

4:19 Had no idea but apparently a lot of enemies use talisman effects throughout the game such as the cleanrot knights, millicent’s sisters, and others

@stephenantonsson334

Жыл бұрын

Actually the cleanrots use rot kindred exultation, same effect but it activates when someone is poisoned nearby

@six2795

Жыл бұрын

@@stephenantonsson334 I swear they just have the winged sword insignia effect, never noticed a damage buff effect after getting rotted by their grab attack

@khamul.9

Жыл бұрын

The cleanrot knights use the sword insignia, the kindred of rot use the exultation.

@bolson42

Жыл бұрын

Those damage buffs make them feel more like, realistic and less like npcs imo, and it connects them more to the lore. It makes sense that they can get buffed from those things and it makes even more sense to know that you can also use that power for yourself.

@HDdeiu

Жыл бұрын

Probably this is expected and known but Mohg gets the same buff as the knight in the video when blood loss is triggered.

Thank you Vaati for the shoutout about The Archstones. Ive shared my expereinces about Demon's souls many times, but the game truly meant alot to me back then, and so stepping on board to help revive the game was a no brainer for me. As well I appricate all you do for the souls community too. All your lore videos are a true blessing for me :D

@Erowid13

Жыл бұрын

you rule.

@EpsilonXenos

Жыл бұрын

Umbasa. From one Slayer of Demons to another, thank you.

@christianlowman2698

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for all you've done for my favorite game👍👍

@wielku

Жыл бұрын

Switching world tendencies is so amazing, thank you I was able to get second DeS PS3 platinum pretty quickly

@AmerZAC

Жыл бұрын

Praise the sun! And also praise you, bro.

Love this video

@lavanyaandol284

Жыл бұрын

👍

@_Adeeba50

Жыл бұрын

Nice

@sona1131

Жыл бұрын

Nice

@ayushirajput532

Жыл бұрын

Nice 👍

@sanjaychanda1360

Жыл бұрын

Hai

I swear that FS utilizes real historians and anthropological researchers when making their games. The amount of detail and background in something as simple as a talisman is astounding and a real testament to the amount of time and dedication this team has towards their games.

@ventuspvp

Жыл бұрын

Na just history nerds I bet, those details are pretty inspired but it might just be details of things they liked from history or news stories of the time.

@luctan881

Жыл бұрын

ok

@Shayanzass

Жыл бұрын

They probably have one guy who just goes on Google looking for cool shit lol.

@CoolAndrew89

Жыл бұрын

@@ventuspvp yeaaa, like all the armors that had really tall helmets, iirc those kinds of armors were mostly meant for jousting competitions, with the biggest example being Lapp's armor from the Ringed City

@soundaholixx

10 ай бұрын

Thesa games are ripe with flaws, but for sure saying that FromSoft is lazy is crazazay

I loved Elden Ring with my soul, but Bloodborne still gives me the chills. What an outstanding experience

@MTart96

Жыл бұрын

Still my favorite From game by a mile. A game so great that it’s technical issues or any other problems are just completely ignored.

@CGAA07017

Жыл бұрын

@@MTart96 exactly ❤️

@House_of_Green

Жыл бұрын

I gotta quit playing and play bloodborne

@vaisn

Жыл бұрын

@@House_of_Green bruh play it immediately

@LordSleven

Жыл бұрын

@@House_of_Green same here!

I always thought Mildred was a callback from the Red Phantom that appeared in the swamp stage of Demon’s Souls (5-2) using the Meat Cleaver

@ryancarter9270

Жыл бұрын

I came here to say this. Maybe a synthesis of two things. The 5-2 woman appears in a swamp and uses the Meat Cleaver so I definitely think it's a call back. Maybe the play tester was doing a callback when they invaded.

@russellhattal3328

Жыл бұрын

This is exactly what I came to see in the comment section. I feel validated now. Thank you.

@aurllcooljay

Жыл бұрын

Maybe acallback, but two different characters. The butcher knife seems inspired by the meat cleaver, especially since later games bring back its healing ability.

@hollandscottthomas

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking of Executioner Miralda, but yours seems more likely.

@ryancarter9270

Жыл бұрын

@@hollandscottthomas Miralda is more like the Tarnish Hunter

For MtG inspirations, the whole Innistrad set and setting is basically Bloodborne, down to the predominant style of long-coats and conical hats, the theme of hunts, beasts and blood and even an underlying eldritch secret related to the moon

@david3de

Жыл бұрын

The Shadows Over Innistrad block and The Old Hunters DLC both draw inspiration from HP Lovecraft’s Shadows Over Innsmouth and pay homage to several of his other novels :) I loved seeing eldritch horror make its way into mainstream media a few years back, gotta be my favorite horror subgenre

@golDroger88

Жыл бұрын

You're right about original Innistrad but Eldritch Moon came out after Bloodborne...

@david3de

Жыл бұрын

@@golDroger88 lemme fix my grammar, meant both games were inspired by Lovecraft lol

@Lix0r

Жыл бұрын

@@david3de Also, both Bloodborne and Innistrad draw from the film Brotherhood of the Wolf.

@BarefootBry

Жыл бұрын

Favorite MTG Plane, favorite MTG sets, and favorite FromSoft game. Yup, this tracks.

Thanks for the shoutout to ONGBAL! He’s a master at perfect, cinematic fights with all fromsoft bosses and is a pleasure to watch. His latest no HUD fights against Elden Ring bosses show that he is a master at these games, using every single weapon, sorcery and incantation you can think of. He deserves more subs.

@eetfuk3571

Жыл бұрын

@@bbbbbbb51 my favourite so far is his Elden Isshin fight. that was a very relentless fight I've seen so far. my favourite video of him aside from bullying the Crucible Knight Duo and Malenia with a lvl 1 wretch, is his no death run of Sekiro while he's debuffing himself like base vitality/posture, charmless and with a bell demon on too. he's a God!

@thithi8793

Жыл бұрын

ok

@AutistiCat2406

Жыл бұрын

​@@eetfuk3571 elden isshin I didn't like because I feel the mod doesn't really preserve sekiro too well but damn he impresses with the ridiculous mod fights

@vantruongthi9105

Жыл бұрын

ok

A MTG connection is a card called 'Lantern of Insight'. The art is a lantern that is covered in/made of eyes (like what the Church Servants use at high Insight), and the effect is 'Each player plays with the top card of their library revealed.' In lore, the library is the planeswalkers (the players) knowledge and memories, and having extra eyes to see inside your mind seems very Bloodborne. The fact that is is called Insight as well leans into that.

Vaati, if you haven't covered it already, I'd love to hear you talk about how Miyazaki's experience reading the LotR books while learning English influenced his fragmented storytelling approach. One of the coolest things I've ever learned.

@vitas5333

Жыл бұрын

This and the story of the multiplayer aspect. Apparently Miyazaki was traveling in a snow storm and everyone was stuck on the hill. Strangers got out of cars and everyone helped push each other over the hill. The idea of these people you never interact with helping you and you can never thank them is very touching.

@kevinoneil5120

Жыл бұрын

@@vitas5333 That's awesome!

@devonfornal3050

Жыл бұрын

@@vitas5333 I like Seeths interpretation better

@danhtranquoc3745

Жыл бұрын

ok

@TheAngryPothead

Жыл бұрын

That part of the Soulsborne games is a huge draw for me and it took me a bit to figure out why. I got into dungeon crawlers and RPG games at a very young age, like 4-5. I had the same kind of experience then, I didn't really understand what was happening or what did what but I was determined to see what was over the next horizon or what that dungeon on the other side of those mountains contained. RPG games like Dragon Quest actually helped teach me how to read as a kid.

FromSoftware went from an unknown to niche, niche to acknowledged, acknowledged to respected, respect to beloved and now they sit at the top of the world of gaming. It's been amazing to watch. All the love

@TheSeth256

Жыл бұрын

Especially crazy knowing the story of how difficult getting the original Demon Souls was for them to get approved by Sony. I used to read gaming articles back when press was still good and this story caught my attention back then. I am so happy to see Fromsoft achieve their current level of accomplishment!

@SaltySeaCaptain

Жыл бұрын

They really earned it too. The talent at FS is unbelievable. The first time I played DS3 I was completely blown away. And when elden ring first came out I was completely obsessed.

@Lofirainbows

11 ай бұрын

It's been surreal witnessing, no experiencing their growing success. I've been playing since the actual Demon's Souls on PS3,

@_Tzer

8 ай бұрын

old from's games are prolly still a niche not many people talk about king's field their older games prolly have some hidden secrets too.

i consider ongbal an artist at this point. what he is doing in these games is just the peak. there is no one better than him.

I can't quite explain it with reason, but watching your videos always gives me that warm, ephemeral sense of nostalgia that can't quite be replicated. Thank you for being you, for some of us (myself included) it's things like your content that help us keep at it. Excuse me while I go make myself a cup of tea and go re-binge the 'Discovering Drangleic' series)

@gagegrogan4352

Жыл бұрын

Yes indeed, I always get that warm feeling watching Vaati’s content. I stop everything I’m doing, sit down and just relax and enjoy every second of his videos. Thank you Vaati for helping all of us keep going. ❤

@nowheresthethangskip

Жыл бұрын

It's his voice

@dookcurruff9047

Жыл бұрын

its not overboard with the editing, i seen too many lore videos with editing that would give a blind person a seizure. This guy just makes an interesting video because he knows he doesnt need to appeal to the terrible meta.

@rushpatriot2866

Жыл бұрын

@@dookcurruff9047 idk man some of his videos are way over edited. So far to the point that they look like movies. I don't have the issue with it but guys like smoughtown tend to be the ones I resonate with

@colossaltitan3546

Жыл бұрын

​@@rushpatriot2866 ​smoughtown is really good, only issue is he needs to chill with the ads on his videos, Idk if he's the one controlling them or if it's KZread's decision, but dude has an ad like every 5 minutes in his videos which are now at least an hour long on average

For #17, there's a butcher invader in Demon's Souls too! Meat Cleaver Black Phantom of world 5-2! A lady with a large meat cleaver who invades in the toxic swamp! That's the OG female butcher! I'm surprised you didn't mention her!

@windflier1684

Жыл бұрын

Well it will go against the claim the butcher lady came from an playtester invaded dev in the development of DS1

@ChrisS-sn2mt

Жыл бұрын

I always though of that black phantom as the man-eater of Demon Souls, was pretty sure there was a connection there.

18:50 I have a theory that the world design of Dark Souls 1 was inspired by the color wheel in Magic the Gathering. If you aren't familiar, MtG has 5 colors: white, black, blue, green, and red. Each color has a specific theme and most cards are a single color. But some cards can have two or more colors, too. If you analyze the elements of each area of DS1, they tend to overlap with the themes of the color wheel. The catacombs seems the most striking, being clearly black (for necromancy and undeath), but also white due to the religious iconography and cleric items/miracles. This sort of pattern occurs a lot in the other games as well, inspiring the Sword of Night and Flame. This could be a reference to A Song of Fire and Ice by GRRM (who worked on the game's lore) and because moonlight, a symbol of nighttime, has now acquired frost status. But it could also be a reference to the cycle of cards in MtG known as the "Sword of..." This cycle (a set of cards linked thematically) feature two colors and have appropriate effects. For example, the Sword of Fire and Ice lets you deal 2 damage to any target (a red effect) and draw a card (mostly a blue effect). Thus, the sword of night and flame could be an homage to this cycle of MtG cards.

@vitas5333

Жыл бұрын

Beautiful take I love this

@papaalex4961

Жыл бұрын

It's actually more or less confirmed that Elden Ring is indeed inspired by the MtG color wheel. One simple example is how the Golden Order is an amalgam of the different "colors" of the world and is, thus, gold (like the gold-bordered multicolor cards). Wouldn't surprise me if the rest of the FROM games draw the same inspiration. Oh, and give Hawkshaw's video on Elden Ring Color Theory a watch. He describes it all in detail and it's extremely easy to draw parallels to MtG (I think he even mentions it directly).

@EtherealNature

Жыл бұрын

@@papaalex4961 heck yeah! I'll have to check that out

Love the vids Vaati! Not sure if anyone has noted this but I noticed the other day in Bloodborne the hunter's tool A Call Beyond shows what clearly looks like Astel from Elden Ring. The item talks about The Choir attempting to communicate with the outer cosmos and failing. Instead creating a small exploding star. Thought it was a really nice addition and made me smile after going back to Bloodborne after completing Elden Ring.

@JC.Denton..

Жыл бұрын

Nice catch

A little fun detail I noticed while playing in a group is that the text for someone finishing the game changes, my guess is depending on what ending the person got. I says that someone became "Elden Lord" if they got any of the four Elden Lord endings. Or just "Lord" if they got either the "Age of the Stars" ending or the "Lord of Frenzied Flame" ending. Please upvote so Vaati might add this in a future video.

@The_Custos

Жыл бұрын

Dung eater ending?

@_knightskye_

Жыл бұрын

That is a part of the "Elden Lord" endings

The mindflayers, and that stun+Grab combo, also appear in bloodborne.

@SolaScientia

Жыл бұрын

Those brainsuckers made me despise the Upper Cathedral Ward. I'm up to the Research Hall in the DLC, but the Upper Cathedral Ward is still my least favorite area of the whole game. I'm glad it's such a small area, because it sucks. I didn't realize until I was mostly done with the area that the brainsuckers are weak to bolt. I switched to the tonitrus and it made things so much easier for me. I still lost all my insight to those things and the Doll went inanimate until I got insight from finding and killing the Celestial Emissary.

@SolaScientia

Жыл бұрын

@@bbbbbbb51 Then don't comment on comments about it. Continue to pretend it's not there by not engaging with content that concerns the game.

@alfalldoot6715

Жыл бұрын

​@@SolaScientia You can still level up at the inanimate doll you know

@SolaScientia

Жыл бұрын

@@alfalldoot6715 Really? I know you can't starting out, but that changes if you lose/use all your insight and she goes back to being inanimate? Not that I had the blood echoes to level up when I saw she was inactive anyway. I didn't have enough till after the Celestial Emissary anyway even after clearing the area.

It's truly mind-boggling to me the amount of things that are hidden away in these games. It truly fleshes out the world & makes it feel lived in.

So grateful for this community we have all built. So many different people's seeking so many different bits of knowledge, and they are nice enough to curate that knowledge for us! Thank you to all the diggers and modders, without you we would be in an age of dark

One of the cards you showed at 17:49, Terminal Agony, actually looks like it could have directly inspired the flame of frenzy!

@thomaspereira1545

Жыл бұрын

The melting eyes! yeah I can see that!

@CazadorSlayer

Жыл бұрын

Reading the description it's effect is even called Madness and it's flavor text sounds like it, too.

Love this video, got really excited when u mentioned Ongbal. The man is a Souls god. His recent Elden Ring videos are so mesmerizing to watch.

Thanks for the shoutout to ONGBAL! He’s a master at perfect, cinematic fights with all fromsoft bosses and is a pleasure to watch. His latest no HUD fights against Elden Ring bosses show that he is a master at these games, using every single weapon, sorcery and incantation you can think of. He deserves more subs. ❤

For MTG references I can see a link between Miquella's Needle and the card Pithing Needle, in short Pithing Needle let's you disable the abilities of another card and Miquella's Needle let's you disable the power that the Flame of Frenzy has over your character

@pseudo148

Жыл бұрын

That is so tru with the pithing needle, it fits so well 🤯🤯🤯// I just found one today, the artefact ‘bone saw’ looks exactly like the reduvia dagger

Magic cards I know of: - Scourge of Geier Reach and The Watchdog of the Old Lords - Brothers of Fire and the two blacksmiths brothers in Demon's Souls - Mikaeus the Lunark might have been the inspiration for the Deacons of the Deep - Kuro's Taken for the premise of Sekiro - the entirety of the Innistrad block has influenced Bloodborne, check out cards like Silent Departure, Laboratory Maniac or Forbidden Alchemy - Reflecting Pool was on Miyazaki's desk in a documentary

The research given for the games is always so fascinating and I wanna know more!

Waiting for this man to end his breakfast and proceed to create a 2 hour long video analyzing one picture

An Onbal shoutout! Nice! I love his fights, not because they are simply efficient, but because they are beautifully choreographed and use all the tools available to the player, while ALSO being perfectly executed ❤

16:02 I have never ever seen these enemies before! I guess you learn something new even after years of playing the game

I love the magic connection to dark souls. One of my favorite early arts (and artists) was Richard Kane Furgeson’s “Dakkon Blackblade”. And I see that same style in so much of what drew me to dark souls as a game.

Hey Vaati - on the topic of magic cards: Cragganwick Cremator’s art could have been inspiration for the Fire Giant and his bowl

ONGBAL and all other creators getting a well deserved shoutout/praise for their work in the fromsoft games. Thank you Vaati for all your work/dedication for this community !!

Really cool to see you mention the MTG inspirations. As a mega fan of both games I would love a video all about that stuff if you'd be up for it There's a land in MTG called Sunpetal Grove, it has a couple of arts but the art used in core sets from 2010-2013 I feel heavily inspired Malenia's Scarlet Aeonia attack in Elden Ring

In a similar vein to the MTG inspirations, I remember reading through berserk very recently to find a panel containing a man wearing clothes that look nearly identical to the Hunter’s Garb in Bloodborne, especially the hat. In chapter 250, He reveals that his name is Irvine, and he describes himself as a hunter, and as a man who is trying to prevent himself from becoming a beast, like those around him. While I knew that Miyazaki had taken lots of inspiration from berserk for Dark Souls and Elden Ring, finding that character and making that connection felt special.

13:45 I love this so much.. I adore Demon's Souls, even the laggy lava area outside the mining tunnels. The character creation music still gives me butterflies when I hear it used elsewhere. That game is special to me, it was the reason I bought a PS3 in 2010. Seeing the red eyed Knights in Boletaria, feeling genuine fear, losing a fortune of souls for being too greedy, all of it. So I appreciate what he did for us all👍👍 I hope we can help him if he needs us someday

For the sword sticking into the undead in the Dark Souls 3 part, IIRC in an early magazine I read, Fromsoft said you would have to make your own bonfires to rest at. I wonder if that's what it was related to.

@KomradeKrusher

Жыл бұрын

Makes sense. I also remember that I read or heard about that somewhere. It would also serve to explain the abundance of bonfires in the final game. Maybe they just turned every possible placement area into an actual bonfire when they abandoned the mechanic.

@MrPronGogh93

Жыл бұрын

Yep, I heard about this as well, but in the end they left the mechanic only for the central hub bonfire

@MrPronGogh93

Жыл бұрын

@@KomradeKrusher probably, every post bosses bonfire have no sense in ds3

@plaguedoc9797

Жыл бұрын

I thought the same, but it also reminded me of when you get Anri dark signs for the hollow ending

Charred Thermos has the best theories about bloodborne lore I have ever heard. He finds real life stories from the Victorian era that may have inspired the game. I don’t want to spoil any of his videos because if you like bloodborne, they’ll probably be the best content since the first Vati lore explanation.

@goozbaghali

Жыл бұрын

Yeah if anyone is reading this check out his series. You are in for a treat. It is a complete fresh take on Bloodborne inspirations

@grantopo

Жыл бұрын

Completely agree you eat through the entire series in a blink and it helps fleshing out a lot of lore

So excited for this series the sekrio secrets and bloodborne secrets were amazing keep up the good work my guy!❤️

16:12 Why did he leave out the Meat Cleaver Black Phantom and Executioner Miralda. 🤧 This concept has its roots in Demon's Souls.

The man himself blessed us with a new video. Thanks for giving us some content to make waiting for the dlc easier.🗿👍

Also the binding spell animation is the same one that the Witches of hemwick use in Bloodborne :D.

Man, I just love the style of art in your "10 secrets" thumbnails, like this video's thumbnail. It's like FromSoft art interpreted in a modernized version of oldschool Final Fantasy sprites or something. Such a great fusion of great art styles.

ONGBAL is one of the Sekiro GOATs, was awesome to see you shout him out!

One of my current theories is that Radagon is partially inspired by William the Conqueror as well as his father, Peter d'Aragon. My guess is that Weeping Peninsula is where Radagon is from and Castle Morne was the seat of his family's power. Which would mean that the grave guarded by the Leonine Misbegotten is most likely Radagon's father or possibly Radagon's own grave. A sort of monument to whoever he was before he became fused with Marika.

@okage6219

Жыл бұрын

Radagon is marika

@rainbowkrampus

Жыл бұрын

@@okage6219 True. But was Radagon always Marika? That's something we can't say definitively

@alfalldoot6715

Жыл бұрын

​@Rainbow Krampus He was definitely always Marika, he appeared out of nowhere one day with no one knowing his origins and he had a shard of the elden ring that he gave to Rennala before he left her.

@alfalldoot6715

Жыл бұрын

Godfrey most likely owned castle Morne, the sword monument mentions someone trying to get revenge on him for destroying their tribe (probably when Godfrey was still Horah Loux). That revenger was the guy who originally owned the grafted blade.

The part of the Blood Knight having the effect of a talisman is really interesting. Ive wondered if any of the npc's in the game have talismans equipped like in previous dark souls games.

@dynamicflashy

Жыл бұрын

Cleanrot Knights have the Winged sword insignia, and Kindred of Rot have the kindred of rot exultation

Bloodborne uses Latin to enhance the gothic experience of the game, but the producers focused on musicality at the expense of grammar rules. I confirmed Latin lyrics in other songs, some lyrics are more disjointed than others. I will keep investigating them. The composer Ryan Amon explained to me how Sony created the lyrics, it is good content for those interested. Thank you, Vaati, for another shoutout and amazing Souls video \[T]/

Been playing Magic for like 15 years and never saw any references. I will pay more attention to everything when I play to see something that could come across. Thank you for the awesome content, incredible that today you can still find secrets in these games.

Man I’m loving these consistent Vaati vids !

Man eater Mildred being in all the games is so cool to me. Demon’s souls in a way as well

3:00 I believe that the graves are to commemorate the fallen tribe that is mentioned in the grafted blade item description.

I recently played through most of elden ring through the 1.00 version (a fair nightmare btw) and the cleanrot knight does appear after the radhan fight but he doesn't seem to stay permanently (being he hasn't respawned after death) and seems to only appear sometime after the cutscene and seems to be looking for the war dead catacombs for his fellow cleanrot

Another magic card is Lantern of Insight, if you have enough insite the lanterns the church servant enemy carries look almost identical

Regarding the grave in Castle Morne, I do remember that Eygon from DS3 was associated with a character named Morne, iirc an archbishop’s apostle, and had a shield called the “Moaning Shield,” right? The site of grace for the boss area in the castle is called the Morne Moangrave. Not sure what this means, but perhaps they repurposed something of the ideas from that whose lore nugget. For reused assets, something I don’t see anyone talking about is the statue of Pontiff Sulvyvahn behind Miriel. Once again, no idea if it’s significant at all, but it is an odd inclusion

For the MTG portion of the video: I don't know if it was mentioned on this channel or a different souls KZreadr, but multiple arts of the card "tormenting voice" I know has been compared to different animations related to frenzied flame spells. I'm sure there is more but as a lover of both souls games and mtg that section made me so happy !

Shadows of Yharnam pulling out a shotgun might be the funniest thing I've seen in a while. Someday, a From boss needs to have a second phase that's just "and now he has a gun"

@schnozgaming989

Жыл бұрын

This is literally Isshin

I can't explain it with a rationale, but watching your videos always gives me that warm, fleeting feeling of nostalgia that can't quite be replicated.

The shotgun. 😭😭

@Elerra303

Жыл бұрын

Literally said parry this

Zullie already pointed it out, but the Scarlet Aeonia is inspired by the OG artwork of Sunpetal Grove

Vaatividya’s voice is so comforting. I love watching his videos

Man I’ve been obsessed with Elden Ring, I can’t believe how From Software tops themselves with every game they make.

@zeroattentiongaming820

Жыл бұрын

Well Elden Ring is somewhat of a special case, as they already tried and failed to make something of that scope and scale with DS2 before realizing it wasn't feasible with the hardware of the time. They had the big open world idea on the backburner for a long time so I'm very curious to see how they plan to top ER

Can't get enough of your videos man, been a huge fan for years and I always jump out of my seat when I get a notification of a new video to dive into. You're a true scholar, and your dedication is appreciated. I attribute Elden's Rings' success partly to your videos.

Everytime a Secrets video appears I'm ready to just let my ears soothe in Vaati's voice

Is it weird that I love watching your videos because of your voice. It’s so calming and makes story telling so much more interesting.

In regards to the shock animation on the Sakura bull, it could be because you can use puppeteer ninjutsu on the Okami warriors, who in turn are capable of using lightning attacks as well.

The kick was also probably removed in Bloodborne due to the addition of transformation attacks, switching weapon form mid combo makes the attack especially effective against enemies that are blocking

I still love the OG Demons Souls. It has an atmosphere that has not been recreated and just feels so good. The gameplay is rough still but I still love it. Not enough love for demons souls I think

Yesterday I was reading through Soul Arts and was in awe of the entires for the 6th archstone. It’s fascinating how fan recreations of it have a striking similarity to Elden Ring’s mountaintops, showing that they never really leave an idea dead.

Innistrad was a magic the gathering set that took place in a world with a strong gothic horror vibe that likely inspired Bloodborne. In turn when Magic The Gathering returned to that world in the set "Shadows over Innistrad" cosmic horror elements were added as a nod to Bloodborne.

@Amascut

Жыл бұрын

I wish this was true, but Magic sets tend to be developed too far in advance of release for this to have been the case.

My son and I watch Vaati together. Elden Ring is his first Souls game (he's hooked), and these videos are just quality ER content. Keep up the good work!

Great video, as always. Happy to see more Bloodborne stuff as I wait for the D&D version to come out lol.

Pithing Needle is a somewhat (in)famous MTG card. The unalloyed needles used throughout Elden Ring seem to reflect pithing needles. In the past those needles were used on animals before experiments by inserting the needle between the base of the neck and skull severing their connection with their brain. Rendering their bodies inert and preparing them for surgery or examination. Now we see in certain characters that the influence of the outer gods is evident visibly. Quelaag has a video that talks about and displays the Kindred Rot insects have a small spike on their neck when they're "devoted" to the Rot. This is the exact spot where the needle would be used. With that in mind, perhaps Gowry used the needle to prepare Millicent for a lord as well? When we use Miquella’s needle we get a somewhat generic animation but it’s clear that we use the needle to sever our connection with the frenzied flame and that the change is permanent. So a spiritual pithing at the very least. I think Miquella's association with these needles also implies that Miquella might have known the side effects of using the needles (i.e. permanently being cut off from the Gods).

I've only tried MTG a few times, but I remember being able to equip machetes onto my hawks. So imagine my surprise when I saw the Warhawks in the Elden Ring network test.

@toastghost9145

Жыл бұрын

Birds wielding swords, multiple swords, even, was actually central to one of the most dominant competitive decks in Magic history. There was a hawk that when you played it, you got to grab its buddies, too, so you'd have backup birds. Then there were a set of powerful swords that protected and empowered the birds, and those swords could be found with another card, if you didn't draw them on their own. The decks using blue and white mana even matches the storm theme, because those are the colors most associated with wind and sky.

@usamimi-no-majo

Жыл бұрын

@@toastghost9145 Incredible, I love it :D

Elden ring was my first soul-like game, and i love it. Sekiro was my 2nd. After sekiro i dont think i can play another soul-like games anymore

MTG References I've noticed: SunPetal Grove = Malenia's Flower, Sol Ring (original) = Dark Sign/Cinder Flame, Rise of Eldrazi & Innistrad sets align with BloodBorne's release schedule and share many tropes.

Always crazy how people find new stuff after all these years

I would love to be friends with Vaati. But I would also be wary of his habit of exposing deep, dark secrets 😅

@jamesharrison658

Жыл бұрын

counter point; getting gossip from vaati would be amazing his dulcet voice explaining how Paul and Barry fell out over trying to get stuck into Melissa who works at the nightclub

Man what a great and nostalgic video! The professional quality and little section jokes on the scroll bar are always appreciated, I always look forward to these!

Yet another interesting video by Vaati. Your content is my favorite on KZread, please never stop making these.

Nice, keep em coming vaati!

As soon as you showed the Painter's Servant card I made a different connection to the Painted World: The Peculiar Doll. Looking at the item sprite now, it definitely isn't identical but the inclusion of a doll in unlocking the Painted World could be another riff on the same card. I always thought it was kind of a weird item for that mechanic ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@BMi-lf1gk

9 ай бұрын

On the same topic, we could also mention "blood artist" as an inspiration from MTG

I have never commented on a KZread video before (that I recall), but for the first time I feel it is necessary to do so. Seeing you create content for MTG lore in the style that you use would be the pinnacle of KZread content for me. Hearing you say that you're getting more into collecting and learning about it, I now want nothing more than to see this happen. As a collector myself, I appreciate that creating detailed lore videos on the already huge MTG multiverse is a very tall order. But I hope you will consider doing something, even if it's just streaming games or short videos on a secondary channel. I can't put into words how amazing this would be. And fingers crossed, if you do so, maybe we will see a FromSoftware/Wizards of the Coast partnership and see some Soulsborne cards in MTG; like they have done so with other franchises.

Willing to bet that Shadow of Yarnham pulling out a gun has something to do with them being somewhat based on that sniper enemy who pulls out a sword when you get close to them. Thank gawd for people like Yuvi who work hard to preserve video games when they're long abandoned by their publishers. Don't forget that Mildred was likely inspired by the mad phantom in the second stage of the Valley of Defilement, the one that wields the Adjudicator's Cleaver weapon.

Magic: the Gathering has Runeclaw Bear (common from the 2010 core set) wich is almost a 1:1 for the Rune Bears of Elden Ring. Also, the Magic set "Innistrad" seems to be a heavy influence for the entirety of Bloodborne... also, the debut years kind of line up too; Innistrad debuted in 2011 while Bloodborne's development started shortly after in 2012.

@bugwrld8891

Жыл бұрын

The return to innistrad was in turn inspired by Bloodborne featuring a mystery which concludes in full eldritch horror!

@makesquash

Жыл бұрын

As soon as I saw the bear in Elden Ring I was "oh dang its Runeclaw Bear!"

The Demon’s Souls community keeping the online of the game thriving is the type of thing that restores my faith in the gaming community

Shoutout to the Archstones it's been around for years so it's nice to see you finally talk about it

I hope Fromsoft keeps making games with different names so Vaati’s video titles just get progressively longer and longer

Souls games and Elden Ring take quite a bit of inspiration from the nightmare artist - Zdzisław Beksiński. A lot of his paintings are eerily similar to Caelid and Bloodborne settings. Notable drawings: "the tree of Eden" which is a large tree with the scarlet moon in the background, another with a redheaded woman who looks like she's rotting alive, one with a skeleton in robes on high throne, another with hooded figure over a cradle, and many of burning, hellish towns.

@JC.Denton..

Жыл бұрын

His Art looks really cool , reminds me of the game Scorn aswell

@a-stranded-rusalka7534

Жыл бұрын

​@@JC.Denton.. funnily, Scorn also takes a lot of inspiration from his works

If nothing else, I assumed Miyazaki was heavily inspired by the Innistrad setting, once I heard about the MtG connection. It's completely Gothic horror themed.. and would eventually include "Lovecraftian" elements, much like Bloodborne.. there is an MtG artbook dedicated to that specific setting, might be able to still grab it off Amazon or somewhere...

I've been avoiding your videos since Elden Ring came out, since I wanted to be able to appreciate it blind, and now that I'm finally getting through the game, I feel like I can go back and catch up on the videos I missed

Was not expecting the "Shutgun of Yarhnem" But I couldn't help but smile. Love these little gold nuggets of the process

I remember when my friend told me me about Bloodborne after my Dark Souls obsession. Bloodborne became a blueprint for me for what a game should be. It truly holds a special place in my heart.

The god-grave headstones are probably used in reference to Godwyn, since they are found in the area of Altus right above the corpse in Deeproot Depths (in the section with the Godwyn-crabs, Godwyn's minor erdtree, etc.) Also, it would be fitting for a character with the word 'god' in his name.

1:20 The Cemetery Shade actually has nearly the same spell as the Mind Flayers. The enemy also looks extremely similar to a Mind Flayer, having the tendrils emanating from it's head. The spell it uses fires off an extremely fast and nearly undodgeable bind attack that uses the same stuck animation as the one in Demon's Souls. Even more, the grab attack that always comes after, has them grab the player with the tendrils on it's head. Unfortunately for players, the Cemetery Shade's projectile has NOT been slowed down. The only real difference is the fact that it is green instead of purple for the hands, and cyan/green for the Mind Flayers

The Sword of Night and Flame in Elden Ring appears very similar to the Sword of X and Y cycle of cards in MTG. Each sword is split between two different colors with different effects, for example there’s the Sword of Fire and Ice (red and blue) or the Sword of Light and Shadow (white and black).

Bloodborne is such a great game, a 60 fps or 4k remaster would be great but I just really want it to be available on PC. Just imagine what the modders would be able to create for that game, other than graphical mods we might even be able to get new trick weapons and other cool things

One card from MTG reminded me of a boss. Our own Star Scourge Radahn seems to be inspired by Kardur Doom Scourge, a card that looks heavily like the moment the general pulls his blades from the ground before fighting Malenia in the opening cinematics

@positivecontacts

Жыл бұрын

There is a striking resemblance but the closeness of release from each other makes it less likely. Then, the similarity of the name actually weighs in favour of.. good spot.

It's always so nice to see Sekiro content, I'm always starved for more videos about that game!

@rengg1441

Жыл бұрын

yea, seems like it's the least favorite game for fromsoft fans

Yuvi's server are a blessing to everyone every time I go back on demon souls its so good to be able to play online and with friends I hate the fact they shut the servers down cause there is always people who will love the original demon souls and go back to it like myself

Watch out for scam bots replying that you've "won something, contact me on telegram" in the comments. It's becoming a full time job just removing all of these constantly -.-

@ladyfox6705

Жыл бұрын

Ugh they're horrible and everywhere 😞I've been reporting every one I see, but YT should be doing something about them (should be, but they won't ofc.)